Urban Construction Update - September 2011

[Metro Jacksonville]

Urban Construction Update - September 2011



Here's a look at the status of various projects under construction in and around Downtown Jacksonville as of September 2011.



Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-sep-urban-construction-update-september-2011

[vicupstate]

What going into 1610 N. Main?

What is the story on Northpoint Town Center-- what/where?

[Wacca Pilatka]

I love that picture of Stockton with the fire tower.

[thelakelander]

What going into 1610 N. Main?

What is the story on Northpoint Town Center-- what/where?

I'm not sure what's going on with 1610 N. Main.  However, I'll see what I can dig up.

The Northpoint Town Center is on the corner of Moncrief and Myrtle.  It's an office/retail center being developed by the Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corp.

The building, called the North Point Town Center, is the centerpiece for an ambitious array of construction planned by the CDC, which is marking its 10th anniversary this year. Other plans are:

- The $6 million Mary Eaves Senior Living Center at Myrtle Avenue and 16th Street. The CDC is seeking to round up the final half million dollars in financing needed to start construction of the 50-unit center in early 2012.

- A $1.6 million renovation of apartment buildings over the coming year. The work will add central air conditioning and other amenities to 50 rental units, which will be renamed the Villages of North Point.

- More home construction. The CDC has built and sold 69 houses to first-time home buyers, and six more are under construction.

- A grocery store that would be built on Moncrief Road, across the street from the North Point Town Center building. The CDC has bought most of the land needed for a store site.

All the construction is concentrated in an area that falls that falls within a half-mile radius of the town center, said Paul Tutwiler, executive director of the CDC.

Childers also helped arrange discussions between the CDC and the Save A Lot supermarket chain about building a store on land across the street from the town center. The CDC owns most of the necessary property but still needs to purchase an existing home. Tutwiler said it would be an urban-style, 16,000- square-foot store.

"The community truly could use one," he said. "We know that a lot of the stores in this area only have cigarettes and beer. We need fresh fruits and vegetables for our growing babies."

The construction of the two-story building has generated buzz from other businesses along Myrtle Avenue and Moncrief Road. Tutwiler said a merchants association has dubbed the commercial corridor the District of Soul, promoting the "flavor of restaurants and entertainment" from the neighborhood's African-American heritage.

http://jacksonville.com/business/2011-08-13/story/north-point-town-center-built-bring-northside-jacksonville-back-life

[blizz01]

"Boone Nuit" - What's that?

[Ethylene]

"Boone Nuit" - What's that?

Lingerie store...sign on the door last Saturday pm says they had moved next to the "Green Alligator," apparently somewhere else along the same Avondale strip, but I do not know exactly. Two fellows were busy covering up the left side facing window when I passed by.

[acme54321]

I think it's probably "Bonne Nuit" - good night in french.


What's going on with that attorney's office in San Marco?  Looks like they have all but torn down that building.  Anybody know what the final product is supposed to look like?  Can't be any worse than what they started with!

[thelakelander]

What going into 1610 N. Main?

I found out that its going to be a restaurant that is shooting for an opening around December.

[I-10east]

Maybe they should build another Kings Road Family Dollar in the middle of the USPS's parking lot.

[iloveionia]

Some projects go sooooooooooo slow. 
And I must say I still vomit when I see the courthouse.  Fugly.

[duvaldude08]

Any word on the proposed family dollar for downtown?

[tufsu1]

gotta love the green paint on the Landing   and hey, now Chicago Pizza has painted their walls red and black

also, the new pedestrian connection along the Ocean St ramp (connecting landing to Bay st) is done...it looks nice

[finehoe]

What do they sell at the Wells Fargo store?  It just looks like any banking branch in the picture.

[ChriswUfGator]

What do they sell at the Wells Fargo store?

Pain and suffering, judging by the reviews and tales of Wells Fargo to be found all over the web.

But that said, I'm happy when they, or anyone for that matters, decides to set up shop downtown!

[fieldafm]

Wells is BY FAR one of the best nationwide banks out there.

If more banks behaved like they did... we wouldn't have had the collapse in banking a few years ago.

Watching John Strumpf get railroaded by the Senate a few years ago was a shameful moment in the history of the banking and finance subcommittee. 

You can't see it from the outside, but virtually all of the hotels downtown have upgraded their facilities in the last 6 months.  Even the Hampton on the Southbank has had pretty extensive renovations done recently.